History of Zimbabwe (From Rhodesia to Mugabe coup)

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  • Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2024

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  • @milli9639
    @milli9639 6 лет назад +983

    You also didn't mention the genocide Mugabe committed in the south of Zimbabwe

    • @229masterchief
      @229masterchief 5 лет назад +152

      @@Pfsif Actually he is referring to the Black Africans I think, the Ndebele people that got massacred during the Gukuruhundi

    • @user-ic9vz8sp1x
      @user-ic9vz8sp1x 5 лет назад +82

      @Achille Bouillant Speak for yourself lol

    • @NuclearPhysix
      @NuclearPhysix 4 года назад +18

      What about the Chimoio genocide committed by the British? Let's put that in the play and see

    • @ZebraGoat
      @ZebraGoat 4 года назад +41

      @Achille Bouillant Shouldn't you simply be interested in history, and not get inflamed because history involves skin colors you don't like?

    • @eugeneedwards6020
      @eugeneedwards6020 4 года назад +11

      @@229masterchief between 20k and 30k. murdered after the war.

  • @MegaTang1234
    @MegaTang1234 6 лет назад +522

    As a Namibian, I'm glad my country didn't go the Zimbabwean route of liberation.

    • @BloodRider1914
      @BloodRider1914 4 года назад +71

      Whoa, a real life Namibian. Honesty, I was starting to think that y'all didn't exist

    • @homerogarzajr1787
      @homerogarzajr1787 4 года назад +12

      But your nation was under South Africa as Suid-wes Afrika until 1994... Respect from the United States of America

    • @tmajec
      @tmajec 4 года назад +14

      And what was SWAPO, in collaboration with MPLA (Angola) and Cuba fighting against in the late 70's ad 80's? Either start learning about your history or stop being an internet Namibian.

    • @africanwarlord5877
      @africanwarlord5877 4 года назад +10

      It's scary how similar zimbabwes history resembles south africas

    • @kikiopeoluwaajayi21
      @kikiopeoluwaajayi21 4 года назад +31

      hulkface121 White Namibians own around 60 something percent of the land and own the majority of businesses too. Along with South Africa its one of the most unequal countries in the world.

  • @allanwilson8642
    @allanwilson8642 6 лет назад +100

    You neglected the bit when the first elections took place and Muzorewa and Smith ruled together and it was briefly known as Zimbabwe Rhodesia. Those elections were deemed free and fair by the international community and the country was on the road to democratic reform. Mugabe who was in exile complained that he should have been allowed to stand as a candidate. The British government rolled over and allowed it. Mugabe and his thugs went into the rural areas and intimidated the rural population and stole the election.

  • @elKuhnTucker
    @elKuhnTucker 6 лет назад +365

    Minor Errors:
    - White Rhodesians were at peak 270,000, in 1976. The government thoroughly ran censuses starting in 1928
    - Only the Rhodesians used the name "Rhodesia", after Northern Rhodesia was renamed Zambia, and didn't deem it necessary to differentiate itself. The Brits still called it Southern Rhodesia until 1980, to the protest of Rhodesians during negotiations.
    - Mugabe was never peaceful - He saw violence against Whites necessary in the struggle before his imprisonments already (A two-tongued commie is more likely than you think)
    - Unhealthy inflation rates started in 1980, with less than 10% inflation in only 2 years since then

    • @ice1032
      @ice1032 5 лет назад +7

      elKuhnTucker I find it funny how white guys cry about owning an african country like the whole of Europe didn’t come and occupy Africa which will have ramifications for another 100 years

    • @LeDingueDeJeuxVideos
      @LeDingueDeJeuxVideos 5 лет назад +28

      @@ice1032 what?

    • @ice1032
      @ice1032 5 лет назад

      KAMARAD KAMARADOV you heard me bitch !

    • @LeDingueDeJeuxVideos
      @LeDingueDeJeuxVideos 5 лет назад +24

      @@ice1032 white guys cry about owning an african country?

    • @ice1032
      @ice1032 5 лет назад

      KAMARAD KAMARADOV yes

  • @Paelorian
    @Paelorian 6 лет назад +276

    This is oversimplified to the point of being misinformative. The transition of power from Ian Smith's Rhodesia to Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe is completely glossed over. So is the Bush War and the terrorism. The transitional state of Zimbabwe Rhodesia and it's black Prime Minister Abel Muzorewa isn't even mentioned. That's what Mugabe seized power from and destroyed, not white minority rule Rhodesia. It's important!

    • @tmajec
      @tmajec 4 года назад +5

      Muzorewa is not worthy of notice. He was Ian Smith's black puppet. Terrorism begat terrorism.

    • @terencetizirai125
      @terencetizirai125 3 года назад +12

      You are right, he failed to portray the terrorism of the selous scouts and Rhodesian government. The Lancaster House agreements, the white farmers who refused to sell their land as agreed upon under the Lancaster House agreement. There is so much that not mentioned, you are right.

    • @Uuxaul
      @Uuxaul 2 года назад +13

      @@terencetizirai125 He especially failed to explain how wonderful and thriving the nation is now that those evil colonizers no longer run it, and the people can't blame them for their problems anymore.

    • @spggaming8792
      @spggaming8792 2 года назад +4

      @@Uuxaul why not they started it and haven't taken any accountability

    • @yxungkuzo8134
      @yxungkuzo8134 2 года назад +7

      @@Uuxaul If Zimbabwe was never colonised by the British it would be thriving. We had a different way of living that we were comfortable with. The British came and stole our land, our way of life and forced out to reshape our traditional society like theirs

  • @RonJeremy514
    @RonJeremy514 3 года назад +150

    I wouldn't trash talk the video, I myself am not a Rhodesia/Zimbabwe historical expert. But there are clearly important bits missing from this storyline which would change the narrative completely imo.

    • @wmpriest123
      @wmpriest123 3 года назад +19

      understatement of the century

    • @terencetizirai125
      @terencetizirai125 3 года назад +24

      I am a Zimbabwean who lived through some of this history... this is just a collection of media sources not actual events.

    • @the_rohano
      @the_rohano 2 года назад +2

      The elves don't want people to know history against their narrative ;)

    • @KingPOTB
      @KingPOTB 2 года назад +1

      I am Zimbabwean but I definitely agree, I know there was some stuff my father taught me that was missed out

  • @benjonesthe3rd200
    @benjonesthe3rd200 7 лет назад +849

    South Africa is going down the same path now.

    • @gabrielfraser2109
      @gabrielfraser2109 7 лет назад +86

      I honestly don't think so. I think we have 3 paths ahead of us - Continued economic stagnation under the ANC, with life just gradually getting shitter and shitter, economic revolution under the EFF or even some new group, in which case we will rapidly become like Zimbabwe, or slow, steady improvement, quite likely under the DA (or a competent ANC leader) sometime in the next few decades. We've been improving rapidly since apartheid ended - our GDP tripled, crime went down by 50%, and things were going well. Our progress slowed down around 2013, and I believe that we've had these paths ahead of us since then. The important difference between South Africa and Zimbabwe is that the Rhodesian government only gave up power when they lost it, and it was taken by a very radical, angry group. Our government gave up power when they could have still comfortably held it, and ensured that it went to someone who wouldn't immediately ruin everything - Nelson Mandela. The ANC has definitely forgotten his legacy, but I think there are a lot of politicians, both in the ANC and the DA, that would like to bring it back.

    • @capitalkingbourne8885
      @capitalkingbourne8885 7 лет назад +32

      Obviously someone with a name like yours would say that.

    • @kissmlungu7883
      @kissmlungu7883 7 лет назад +21

      whites had been singing this song since 1994"im going to Australia"...fact is SA will not be like Zim, SA Government buys the land,there is not " chasing white people away" like in Zim, there compesation for land claims etc..its not perfect, economy its growing "SLOWLY...
      which country is not corrupt?....whites are still living in SA, but whos rich in SA, who owns the land in SA, who runs the JSE, private sector, highest paid CEOs, who owns the media etc, but you guys are still here Gabriel, benefiting why dont you leave

    • @7bodysnatchers7
      @7bodysnatchers7 7 лет назад +13

      Sadly

    • @9imack
      @9imack 7 лет назад +3

      Erm.....did you just copy & paste the same post? Ha,ha,ha you did! & you have the gall to accuse others of naivety & lack of education! pmfl!!

  • @MrAnonymousRandom
    @MrAnonymousRandom 7 лет назад +271

    Zimbabwe is but one example of how a functioning country was run into the ground after independence, from bread basket to basket case. Too bad there are few exceptions like Botswana where their leaders decided to establish rule of law, stamp out corruption, and make it reasonably easy for businesses to operate.

    • @yarpen26
      @yarpen26 7 лет назад +15

      Enough with fucking Botswana already... none of the people praising the living fuck out of it ever went there, all they did was to look up its standing on the Wikipedia list of top GDP per capita by country. I took a Google Street View look at some of it and honestly, it looks like a shithole with no road asphalt in sight outside maybe the capital. And when I stated digging more it turned out that Internet coverage there is about 10-15% which is laughably low even for Africa. The skyrocketing HIV rates are also just like in all the pisspoor neighboring countries (and AIDS is _very_ closely related to sexual promiscuity and in turn sexual promiscuity is a recipe for an economic disaster since children born out of wedlock in the Third World almost never get any proper education and thus when they grow up they only parasite on the economy if they don't also harm the rest of the population). Oh and did I mention Botswana is the second most unequal country in terms of income distribution in the world? Because it is.
      Some asspulled data on Wikipedia ain't telling you the whole story guys.

    • @yarpen26
      @yarpen26 7 лет назад +5

      Alright. It looks like someone has some genuine experience living there. Fine, then what about street crime? Are people (especially white expats, assuming there are any) afraid to check the time on their phone while outside? Do people waiting at traffic lights look around desperately in fear they might get mugged? Is walking outside after dark a death sentence? Are there AK-47-weilding sentries posted at the entrance to shopping malls?
      You know, like it is in the allegedly "booming" capital of Angola, Luanda, where they don't let white expats leave hotels even in plain daylight because they would normally get robbed and possibly killed within ten minutes at the most.

    • @GAZAMAN93X
      @GAZAMAN93X 6 лет назад +1

      CarEnthusiast bread basket for sure... For the British that is

    • @maikmazoo6887
      @maikmazoo6887 6 лет назад +1

      Do not throw dirt on our country,

    • @EmilReiko
      @EmilReiko 5 лет назад

      @Planet Watcher - And yet there is a thriving white business community in Zim

  • @JeandrePetzer
    @JeandrePetzer 5 лет назад +152

    Awww, Look at that ;) South Africa's following in Zimbabwe's footsteps!

    • @gerryadams7448
      @gerryadams7448 5 лет назад +23

      @TheJughead77 and millions of ye starving and begging in return

    • @user-ri5oc5rw5b
      @user-ri5oc5rw5b 5 лет назад +6

      @TheJughead77 lol who is this the commitee?

    • @woodland5325
      @woodland5325 5 лет назад +1

      @TheJughead77 Ok good luck with that, we'll just be over here advocating peaceful multicultural progress.

    • @tawongamunyanduri5874
      @tawongamunyanduri5874 5 лет назад +13

      @TheJughead77 I'm Zimbabwean and I advise against it man the level of poverty that you will experience will make you regret this statement

    • @Zimboprenuer
      @Zimboprenuer 5 лет назад +1

      Malema

  • @jamestang1227
    @jamestang1227 7 лет назад +177

    Lets just hope that once a new government comes into power. Zimbabwe will develop to Botswana levels (minus HIV-AIDS)

    • @vinm300
      @vinm300 7 лет назад +7

      James, my hope and expectations is that Zimbabwe becomes the new S Africa.
      Yes, a one-party, utterly corrupt, economically ruined African nation.
      I think they can succeed and Mnangagwa is just the man to do it :
      he is an unprincipled swine whose thievery knows no limits.

    • @memedude4920
      @memedude4920 7 лет назад +4

      James Tang Botswana 2.0 is the only option

    • @thefly6732
      @thefly6732 7 лет назад +3

      are you talking about Botswana's low corruption

    • @MrAnonymousRandom
      @MrAnonymousRandom 7 лет назад +25

      If every African country were like Botswana since independence, Africa would be at the same level of development as East Asia today. Having rule of law, low levels of government corruption, and good legal infrastructure can do wonders.

    • @yarpen26
      @yarpen26 7 лет назад +12

      Why is everyone always bringing up Botswana? Just because they seem to have a high GDP per head? Far as I know, it's the most unequal country in terms of income distribution, second only to Namibia. Also, their Internet coverage is just about 10% (even in Nigeria it's some 40~50%).
      From the looks of it, it's just a resource-based shithole like any other.

  • @kumar9346
    @kumar9346 4 года назад +205

    Ah yes, Occupied Rhodesia I believe it’s called now

    • @AM-eu5tm
      @AM-eu5tm 4 года назад +64

      Take a good look at Zimbabwe now. A 3rd world socialist shithole. Then take a look at Rhodesia a thriving civilisation with rich culture.صلاح محمد الجعلي

    • @AM-eu5tm
      @AM-eu5tm 4 года назад +25

      Omar Omar so you enjoy hyper inflation? You enjoy more than half of your population living in poverty.

    • @SirDankleberry
      @SirDankleberry 4 года назад +23

      @@Salaheldin123 Fuck off with your socialist properganda. There were blacks in politics in Rhodesia but muh oppression right?

    • @Loyal2.RickOwensWayne
      @Loyal2.RickOwensWayne 4 года назад +20

      @@SirDankleberry how many blacks? How many years did it take TO HAVE THE FIRST BLACK ARMY GENERAL? If Rhodesia was good to the black Mugabe would have never came to politics 🤡

    • @megaliidea1919
      @megaliidea1919 4 года назад +11

      @@Loyal2.RickOwensWayne the reason mugabe entered politics was because he was a power hungry, crazed, commie, lunatic who wanted power and used the disguise of "liberation" to get support so he can get power

  • @dawoodwilliams3652
    @dawoodwilliams3652 5 лет назад +24

    you forgot to mention the international economical sanctions imposed on the country.

  • @9imack
    @9imack 7 лет назад +202

    What's happened over recent history in Zimbabwe is awful. That isn't to say Colonialism wasn't bad but Zimbabwe used to be a beautiful place to live & now it's a lot worse. One of the biggest mistakes people make when talking about Southern Africa is to view things purely in terms of race. This overlooks the fact that many of the Whites are African themselves. They were born there & know no other nationality. What Mugabe has done to his own people is criminal, it's as simple as that!

    • @capitalkingbourne8885
      @capitalkingbourne8885 7 лет назад +27

      Ian McDaid ever considered that it might have been an even better place before European invasion?

    • @chinogambino9375
      @chinogambino9375 7 лет назад +75

      It wasn't, the area had been subject to violence from multiple African empires before the whites came. The majority of children wouldn't survive past the age of 3, food was scarce, they had no technology or reliable sources of potable water and no effective medicine. Even Zimbabwe today in its busted state is better than how it was found in the pre-colonial days.

    • @capitalkingbourne8885
      @capitalkingbourne8885 7 лет назад +24

      Chino Gambino the population was not in decline but in fact growing steadily. It was in harmony with its environment and most importantly was in charge of its destiny.

    • @Whatastic
      @Whatastic 7 лет назад +3

      talk out of your ass much?

    • @9imack
      @9imack 7 лет назад +34

      This is the problem when people apply such broad brush strokes to history, it's never that simple. The notion the the area was some kind of pre-Colonial paradise is quite frankly ridiculous. The history of Africa has been particularly tumultuous, with virtually the entire Continent being in a permanent state of conflict. People seem to have formed this idea that Rhodesia mirrored South Africa or the American South but that's simply not true. The country really was a paradise & a reasonably happy place for people of all colours to live. Obviously there was an imbalance of power & the majority didn't have the vote but tell me somewhere that doesn't have an imbalance. What matters is whether Govt is effective or not.Talk to any Zimbabwean who remembers Rhodesia & they'll tell you it was a better place to live back then. I have family there. They weren't wealthy landowners, they owned a butchers in Hwange, in what was a friendly & relatively peaceful community & even though they'd been there for over 5 generations, Mugabe appropriated nearly all the white-owned farms & businesses to give to his cronies. The situation was hugely exacerbated by the fact that the vast majority of these farms & businesses, which had been run successfully for many, many years, were given to people who had no knowledge of farming or business & subsequently ran them into the ground. This & the fact that Mugabe refused to allow them access to seeds or fertiliser, meant the crops failed & people starved. If any of you are genuinely interested in the true state of Zimbabwe under Zanu PF there's an excellent documentary made by a New Zealand lady who went looking for her childhood friend which is here on YT. Sorry for the long post but as you can probably tell, it's a subject which is close to my heart.

  • @christianf5289
    @christianf5289 7 лет назад +235

    Rhodesians never Die.

    • @ikballalli5539
      @ikballalli5539 6 лет назад +30

      they are dead

    • @puchy110
      @puchy110 6 лет назад +19

      They can send their men to murder, they can shout their words of hate. But the price of keeping this land free can never be too great.

    • @Skbabysk4
      @Skbabysk4 6 лет назад +26

      Zimbabwe forever

    • @siddigismail1962
      @siddigismail1962 6 лет назад +22

      Yeah, instead they become whiny idiots on the internet.
      No wonder they lost.

    • @xavierthevoid
      @xavierthevoid 6 лет назад +5

      Rest in piss

  • @kojjagulimuyesenga8025
    @kojjagulimuyesenga8025 5 лет назад +91

    As a black man from Uganda, I think Africa was not ready for independece up to 2000

    • @Sataka23clips
      @Sataka23clips 5 лет назад

      Kojja gulimuye senga yep

    • @godblessyou7962
      @godblessyou7962 5 лет назад +7

      It isn't until.2050

    • @Zimboprenuer
      @Zimboprenuer 5 лет назад +5

      Trump ounce said, lets go and colonize Africa again

    • @jaydelaghetto5299
      @jaydelaghetto5299 5 лет назад +22

      Bullshit.. It's impossible because Europe will attack your economy.. Control your bank and you control your money.. Unity makes you strong.. Europeans are united when it comes to control Africa.. Learned that from a white teacher in politics lesson here in Germany.. The international Bank is there tool to downgrade your money so they can take your resources.. They teach us that Africa is still the riches continent due to their resources

    • @blackboi8151
      @blackboi8151 4 года назад +7

      Africa wasn't ready for colonization. It was forced on them. The land and animals both howled as the whites slaughtered animals and resources. But okay.

  • @glization1
    @glization1 6 лет назад +17

    You forgot to mention that Rhodesia held their own elections two years prior to the end of the war that saw a coalition black/white government formed with a black PM at the lead. The country was renamed Zimbabwe-Rhodesia at that time. You also glanced over the fact that Mugabe’s forces shot down two civilian airliners, after one incident the went so far as to execute the white survivors, including four year old children. His forces also conducted a massacre of church officials that included bayoneting a three week old. During the run up to his election murder and intimidation in the tribal trust areas got so bad the the British observers complained to Margaret Thatcher. But this went unheard. The Rhodesian military had contingency plans for a illegitimate election however Gen Walls preferred a cushy new job to ensuring a legitimate election.

  • @bebos1262
    @bebos1262 5 лет назад +45

    If Rhodesia would've had a peaceful civil rights movement like here in the United States it could've been a African success story. It could've easily been the richest, most prestigious country on the continent.
    Just kinda sad when you think about it.

    • @shellytheclam8767
      @shellytheclam8767 5 лет назад +8

      No it wouldn't. The black population in Rhodesia was way higher than the black popluation in the States. The black population would have dragged the economy down just like what's happened in the states, but much worse. The only answer was segregation.

    • @Jumptohistory
      @Jumptohistory 5 лет назад

      ​@@shellytheclam8767 The problem is, how could the 5% of the population have kept their privileges.

    • @woodland5325
      @woodland5325 5 лет назад +3

      @@Evzone1821 you are correct that that you reap what you sow, just look at Zimbabwe today.

    • @Evzone1821
      @Evzone1821 5 лет назад +1

      Woodland Thats what happens when you keep an entire people ignorant, marginalized, and unable to advance in society.

    • @ecfr-01
      @ecfr-01 5 лет назад +5

      @@Evzone1821 It's too easy to say that. I'm against racism but look at how native Africans behaved when Europeans arrived in their lands: tribes (or “small kingdoms”) waging wars with each others, slavery everywhere, no technological advancements. Did you think that it would have been better if Europeans didn't colonize Africa?

  • @vinm300
    @vinm300 7 лет назад +30

    Ask yourself this : if someone stood up to protest corruption (today after the overthrow of Mugabe) what would happen ?
    They would be be beaten senseless by the Police.
    So why are Zimbabweans celebrating ?
    Because they are like Pavlov's Dog : they are conditioned to subservience
    and complicity in their own oppression.

    • @strawberryshortcake4342
      @strawberryshortcake4342 3 года назад +4

      It took the French multiple tries to get to a true Republic. I hope the people of Zimbabwe keep trying.

    • @vinm300
      @vinm300 3 года назад +6

      @@strawberryshortcake4342 Thanks for your well-informed reply.
      Even under the Bourbon Ancien Régime (Louis XV ~1750), Diderot produced his Encyclopedia.
      The Jesuits, with the king's permission, tried to destroy it, and do you know who hid it ?
      The Paris Chief of Police kept it safe in his office.
      The point being : that even under autocratic royalism the French were enlightened.
      That is what I mean when I say it takes 500yrs to create democracy.
      One first needs literacy, and education.

    • @douglasbubbletrousers4763
      @douglasbubbletrousers4763 3 года назад +1

      @@vinm300 Brilliant

  • @jean-paulbaudet2951
    @jean-paulbaudet2951 2 года назад +13

    I was just in Zimbabwean, there is a very different perspective from local Zimbabweans. Beautiful people hope the country recovers to its prosperous times.

  • @rexmundi3108
    @rexmundi3108 4 года назад +11

    And the new country of Zimbabwe became a paradise on earth which was later the inspiration for the fictional country of Wakanda thus proving the wisdom of the UN and Britain.

    • @Uuxaul
      @Uuxaul 2 года назад +2

      It's amazing how they eradicated disease and hunger, and provided a humane and dignified standard of living for all. Truly an inspiration.

  • @matundu96
    @matundu96 2 года назад +8

    White owned farms hey. Would you care to elaborate how they acquired them mate?

    • @iggyzeta9755
      @iggyzeta9755 Месяц назад

      From the previous ruling people who invaded and conquered the region.

  • @jermellfrazier9510
    @jermellfrazier9510 4 года назад +12

    This video should have started with 11th century Zimbabwe when they wer a great trade empire selling gold, cattle , and crops.. Off the coast of the west Indian Ocean... Don't start the video with European colonialism because it leads people to a false European narrative

    • @ThePeoplesUN
      @ThePeoplesUN 4 года назад +5

      Right, this is so super white-centric.

    • @prussiangermansoldier2987
      @prussiangermansoldier2987 3 года назад

      @@ThePeoplesUN
      Wasn't the empire abounded in the 15 hundreds? Why even bother if it lived and died and was forgotten?

  • @angusewanmacdougall839
    @angusewanmacdougall839 6 лет назад +33

    Proud to be Rhodesian , born in Wankie , raised in Karoi & Byo aka "City of Kings" ..... Long Live Republic of Rhodesia ........ R.I.P: Rt.Hon: Ian Dpiglas Smith :( ............, Greetings from New Zealand

    • @damienirwin9102
      @damienirwin9102 6 лет назад +1

      you are no better then he is

    • @damienirwin9102
      @damienirwin9102 6 лет назад +4

      you both are spouting bad insults Rhodesia is sadly gone but he is proud of his past

    • @kester2199
      @kester2199 5 лет назад +1

      I'm from New Zealand and I'm extremely proud that you chose our country

    • @tabvakugonawapotera5079
      @tabvakugonawapotera5079 5 лет назад

      Greetings, I liked Rhodesia, not Zimbabwe

  • @BernijayHEMA
    @BernijayHEMA 5 лет назад +9

    That picture of Cecil Rhodes seems to be some kind of German satire. On top it reads "greetings from the war front" and below is a poem about Cecil:
    "You can tell the show-off was a diligent man, he has lots of money and is a lazy head"

  • @malcolm_in_the_middle
    @malcolm_in_the_middle 4 года назад +10

    Mate, you totally skipped over the internal settlement, and the brief period of peace and prosperity that was Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. Abel Muzorewa was the rightful prime minister, Mugabe was a usurper.

    • @jds6206
      @jds6206 2 года назад

      Hardly matters today.

  • @rollinggirl9120
    @rollinggirl9120 3 года назад +7

    My grandad was in the Zimbabwean war, it haunts him till this day..

    • @terencetizirai125
      @terencetizirai125 3 года назад +3

      Does he have regrets? Which side did he fight for?

  • @aphilemolefe9319
    @aphilemolefe9319 6 лет назад +15

    You did so well with Nigerian and Ethiopian history covering their pre colonial history very well. Here you it's like the Zimbabweans weren't there before the British arrived

    • @aphilemolefe9319
      @aphilemolefe9319 6 лет назад +6

      @ you need to unapartheid educate yourself. Go look up Mapungubwe! Which the apartheid government purposely hid so that they could teach you this crap and you would just believe it.
      The Bantu of SA have a rich history, Go to SAHistory.org.za and look up the history of land dispossesion, from there you'll see how Jan van Riebeeck himself wrote about the wealth of the native Khoi people and their fantastic cattle. To say there was nothing is an insult to your history

    • @tmajec
      @tmajec 4 года назад

      @@aphilemolefe9319 I like the term 'unapartheid educate yourself' Haha. Please grant me permission to use the word.

  • @Bargeonin
    @Bargeonin 5 лет назад +7

    And Zimbabwe lived happily ever after.

    • @woodland5325
      @woodland5325 5 лет назад

      We can hope...

    • @woodland5325
      @woodland5325 5 лет назад

      We can only hope...

    • @JoemamaGaming-md6je
      @JoemamaGaming-md6je 3 года назад +5

      You right all zimbabwean civilian become millionare thanks Mugabe😀

    • @Bargeonin
      @Bargeonin 3 года назад

      @@JoemamaGaming-md6je Are you kidding or just really dumb? If all civilians in any country became millionaires then their economy would collapse.

    • @JoemamaGaming-md6je
      @JoemamaGaming-md6je 3 года назад +2

      @@Bargeonin calm down Im just being sarcastic

  • @Dise12308
    @Dise12308 5 лет назад +6

    people need to remember this wasnt that long ago

  • @yakitori419
    @yakitori419 Год назад +1

    🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
    00:00 🌍 The Formation of Rhodesia
    - The modern landlocked nation of Zimbabwe evolved from the territory once known as Rhodesia.
    - Cecil Rhodes, a British business industrialist and mining magnate, secured exclusive mining rights in the territory.
    - The territory went through different stages, from British South Africa Company rule to becoming the British Crown Colony of Southern Rhodesia.
    02:18 📈 Economic Boom and Growth
    - Rhodesia experienced an economic boom after World War II, driven by the production of tobacco and chrome.
    - A significant influx of working-class British families contributed to a rapid population increase.
    - The white population grew from 100,000 to 300,000 and eventually reached 600,000, approximately 10% of Rhodesia's total population.
    04:10 🤝 The Inclusive Government and Mugabe's Early Years
    - After achieving independence, Robert Mugabe became Zimbabwe's first Prime Minister.
    - He initiated an inclusive government, incorporating members of opposing political parties.
    - Mugabe initially aimed for racial harmony and received support from both Great Britain and the United States.
    06:13 🌪️ Mugabe's Later Years and Decline
    - In the 1980s, Mugabe's economic reforms started to fail, and anti-white rhetoric increased.
    - Land seizures from white farmers and the economic downturn led to massive inflation.
    - Mugabe's later years were marked by a decline in economic and political stability.
    07:25 🇿🇼 The Mugabe Coup and Transition
    - In November 2017, Robert Mugabe was placed under house arrest by the Zimbabwe National Army, marking a significant turning point.
    - His wife, Grace Mugabe, was seen as a potential successor.
    - The military coup was accompanied by political and international developments, leading to Mugabe's impending exit from power.
    Made with HARPA AI

  • @goodafy
    @goodafy 5 лет назад +15

    One sided British leaning and biased story of Zimbabwe
    I am not a fan of Mugabe but as an African with a little understanding, I find it a little distasteful to listen to knit bits of African History from non indigenous Africans or non Africans
    Chinua Achebe, PLO Lumumba, J. Nyerere gives us African history that we cherish
    I will soon share my version of British history with you, hopefully you will see the comedy part of it.

    • @buzzcrushtrendkill
      @buzzcrushtrendkill 4 года назад +5

      Comedy is how Africans have constantly insisted on the most dysfunctional of governments, economies and societies. Its 2020. And Africa is still a basket case. Enjoy your new Colonists, China.

    • @goodafy
      @goodafy 4 года назад

      @Jakes 97 BBC News - Zimbabwe land reform 'not a failure'
      www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11764004
      oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/has-zimbabwes-land-reform-actually-been-a-success-a-new-book-says-yes/
      Despite sanctions and inexperienced farmers.
      When you go to China, you obey Chinese rules
      When you go to America, you obey American rules
      When you come to Zimbabwe, you have to obey Zimbabwean rules

    • @goodafy
      @goodafy 4 года назад

      @ 'Only when Lions have historians will hunters cease to be heroes'
      -Ojiakueme Umezulike, my grandfather.

  • @Beadbud5000
    @Beadbud5000 7 лет назад +19

    Found you on Bitchute which I am liking. But signed up here for notifications.

    • @EpimetheusHistory
      @EpimetheusHistory  7 лет назад +5

      Awesome! That's a great platform, I hope it grows alot, they have a good team over there working on that site :)

  • @aleksandersokal5279
    @aleksandersokal5279 5 лет назад +21

    Ian Smith was hero!

  • @ianrenberger7441
    @ianrenberger7441 6 лет назад +22

    Robert magarba murder thousands of his fellow countrymen. That was left out , also the fact that he disrespect and outlawing of gay rights. I know not everything can be included but is would have been good to hear this

    • @terencetizirai125
      @terencetizirai125 3 года назад +2

      Gay rights are decided by the people of ZImbabwe, who have consistently voted no to gay rights in ZImbabwe. The people of Zimbabwe do not want gay rights... and you can not bully us into wanting them.

    • @hopebuhali3887
      @hopebuhali3887 3 года назад +1

      @@terencetizirai125 What a shame of HUMAN BEINGS to decide on the rights of other HUMAN BEINGS. If that's the case, then Zimbabweans don't value the fact the all humans are equal.

    • @terencetizirai125
      @terencetizirai125 3 года назад +1

      @@hopebuhali3887 You have no idea, how the world or democracy works. Human rights are a social construct. Traditionally Western cultures determine these to be individualistic rights, where as in Zimbabwe they are group rights. You do not live your life for you alone, but the whole community. If you do not want this, you are free to leave the community. Where are you from that is such a champion of Human rights?

    • @leone41ll
      @leone41ll 3 года назад +1

      @@terencetizirai125
      Do you know how stupid "group rights" sound ? The catastrophe it would unleash on you if you are held responsible as a group ?
      Because make no mistake, *rights* and *responsibility* are two sides of the same coin.

    • @terencetizirai125
      @terencetizirai125 3 года назад +1

      @@leone41ll the biggest problem westerners make is to believe your social construct should work everywhere. In Africa, traditionally you cannot eat while your neighbour starves. You are all about the individual where as we culturally are about the community. Even a marriage in Africa is not a marriage of two people, but of two families. We do not tell you, that your system is wrong so please do not attempt to tell us Africans how to do our things in our countries.

  • @jdekong3945
    @jdekong3945 7 лет назад +26

    Good Vid Epi, would be nice to see a vid on South Africa too

  • @leondelafonte
    @leondelafonte 7 лет назад +72

    These videos always miss the shared responsibility the Brits played in both creating the land reform situation and crippling Zimbabwe using its political muscle over a much smaller nation.

    • @yarpen26
      @yarpen26 7 лет назад +9

      Oh, I'm sorry that a powerful and developed nation doesn't try to make things easier for a race of people who perfected selling its own kin into slavery for a handful of useless junk, fancied eating the hearts of their defeated tribal enemies and always ruled itself with an iron fist allowing no questioning of the authority whatsoever. You are the ones to be bemoaning others' "immoral" conduct to be sure.

    • @leondelafonte
      @leondelafonte 7 лет назад +23

      yarpen26 Do you feel better when you write this stuff on the internet. Does part of you wish it made you less lonely or something? You come from a nation that thrived on looting, killing and subjugating entire continents. Millions upon millions.
      You come from nations that inspired 2 world wars and god knows how many atrocities. What moral high ground are you trying to stand on? Come on man, get a hobby, go travel. Go do some jiujitsu or something. You're holding onto some dark energy, that can't be good for you.

    • @yarpen26
      @yarpen26 7 лет назад +9

      If you must know, I'm standing on the kind of moral ground my civilization has produced. You, on the other hand, can't stand of any sort of moral ground that _your_ civilization has produced since it never has. All that you take for granted in terms of what's right or wrong, most notably that "racism" buzzword you keep throwing at anybody who dares criticize you-all of it was taught to you by the Europeans. it was them who told you that the fact that your ancestors either bought your ancestors at the slave market a few centuries ago or colonized them was something to be ashamed of. Which it wasn't by the way. The slaves who weren't lucky enough to be bought by the Europeans in West Africa would get either killed on site or sold to the Ottomans-and let me tell you, there is a reason why these left almost no descendants in modern Turkey. On the other hand, colonization of Africa gave this continent modern education and industrialization such as it had never known. It's telling that quite possibly the worst African shithole out there, Ethiopia, prides itself on never having being colonized by the Europeans-even though it would in all likelihood have looked much better had it indeed been colonized in the past.
      If you look at the history of black people across the world, all of their social improvements were caused by the white man _wanting_ too give them said improvements. The African colonies were given up not because they were hard to control but because they were no longer profitable. Slavery in the New World was abolished because _white people_ protested against it. The same goes for the Civil Rights' Movement. At neither point did the blacks hold any cards in their hands. They couldn't rebel against being enslaved, they were too few, too disorganized and, let's be honest here, too uneducated to do it. Similarily, nobody would have given two fucks about MLK and his speeches had he not managed to rally some whites behind him. Blacks were an extremely insignificant portion of the economy, while contributing _much_ more to the crime rates. They were not only completely unnecessary to the American way of life, they were actually making it _harder_ for anyone else. But since they suckered in some whites-who actually had power and influence-the governments had to give in.
      It's as simple as that. However, let me tell you that you're more than welcome to tell me how uneducated I am, how I should go find Jesus and make sure you pepper it with all the "lols" and "lmaos" known to man because Lord knows that the idea of blacks being responsible for their own misery is oh-so-ludicrous. You know, like a respectable YT Thirdworlder would.

    • @RushuFriends
      @RushuFriends 7 лет назад +16

      America had 100M natives before whites arrived. It had 15M a century later. Today it has less than 4M. Over 12M slaves crossed the Atlantic. At least half died. After that, dozens and dozens of war in the 1800-1900-2000 with millions killed and involving the whole world with no choice. And then bombimg hundreds of thousands in the middle east.
      Wow great job, you def have the high moral ground xD

    • @yarpen26
      @yarpen26 7 лет назад +4

      _America had 100M natives before whites arrived._ And we know that from those _legendarily_ accurate population records the Zulus and Yoruba kept at all times.
      _Today it has less than 4M._ LOL! I wish!

  • @BunkyBunk1
    @BunkyBunk1 4 года назад +15

    Update: Mugabe Died

    • @itsve8632
      @itsve8632 3 года назад +3

      YEEESSS

    • @wmpriest123
      @wmpriest123 3 года назад +1

      update and before he did, a military coup replaced him with a younger but identical version with the same policies but a better fake "public image" that might fool the weak minded

  • @Jonnesdeknost
    @Jonnesdeknost 4 года назад +7

    3:20 "everyone needs to get their political righs" well that didn't age well for mugabe now did it.

  • @ronansteasi4950
    @ronansteasi4950 5 лет назад +23

    the world turned it's back on Rhodesia, and this is what happened. Bring back Rhodesia...

  • @f8waver982
    @f8waver982 7 лет назад +7

    The problem with all these lands was hate and racism. No man is superior to his fellow. We are all one race made by God. Rhodesia would have lasted if the blacks were given equal rights.

    • @yarpen26
      @yarpen26 7 лет назад +1

      If we're all equal, how come the blacks are always the worst-off ethnicity in any given country they happen to reside, whether as a minority or a majority?

    • @f8waver982
      @f8waver982 7 лет назад

      I do not hate you, girl. Bye!

    • @hiddenhist
      @hiddenhist 6 лет назад +4

      Hey, I found you again. Time for another Red Pill chain.
      >"how come the blacks are always the worst-off ethnicity in any given country they happen to reside, whether as a minority or a majority?"
      In minority countries:
      I dunno, maybe _oppression_ contributed? Just a thought, I know its insane big man.
      >"About the time when we were colonizing and you were being colonized rather than the other way around."
      So in other words, about the time that a bunch of war mongering hooligans adopted someone else's technology, decided to make a weapon out of it so that they could kill eachother more easily, and then decided to run over everyone who was not as focused on killing other people as they were.
      >"You did. By running around naked in the jungle with no form of societal organization above a village level."
      Yes, the Ashante, Great Zimbabwe, Malians, Songhai, Nubians, Kongolese, Wagadu, etc, creators of cities and organized states, with taxing systems, access to and utilization of complex trade routs, massive structures, were all running around naked in jungles.
      >"Technological, societal and cultural development would spring to mind first, I would say."
      Thats why you guys thought that bleeding people out was an effective means of healing for hundreds of years, while the primitive and tribal africans were utilizing actual medicines derived from herbs.
      >"Because once you have someone else doing simple, menial jobs that require very little intellect you can focus on actually thinking up new technological inventions, "
      Yes, those slave owners were all geniuses now weren't they. They totally were all inventors and intellectuals. Every one of them had IQs higher than you could imagine. Damn blacks, Fredrick Douglas or George Washington Carver were such idiot weren't they.
      >"Their economic input was insignificant"
      Oof, im sorry that they weren't allowed to actually contribute to society due to constant limitation from a minority who sought to legitimize their rule with the use of Greek Mythology and Biblical tales.
      >"You wonder why he thought you were inferior and treated you like kids? Because you made him think you were, "
      Or maybe its because the guys wanted to legitimize their use of slavery, because technically enslaving other humans went against their version of the bible, and as a result, decided to deny what they literally saw in Africans building civilizations, go to ridiculous lengths to "prove" that things which Africans clearly did build, such as Great Zimbabwe, were not produced by Africans, such as saying that Phoenicians randomly decided to travel thousands of miles southwards into the interior of africa, for no reason, to produce a city which was in no way similar to anything else that they had built, used different technologies than what they used, and which has no trace of them ever being there, so that they could then say "Hah, we're superior".
      >"Is that why you guys are so desperate to get your hands on any piece of AK-47 you can find?"
      Literally no one is saying that Guns aren't superior weapons. What Livingfor Jehovah is saying is that having access to guns does not make you superior.
      >"How about you cite to me some written source to attest to that? Oh, right... you can't. Sorry"
      I can, actually.
      Meroitic script developed by Nubians accounted various things. We haven't deciphered it yet though.
      Ge'ez script developed by Ethiopians is still in use today, primarily in their church.
      Nsibidi was developed in Nigeria.
      Malians had massive collections of books. A collection of 100 was considered mininscule by them.
      Nok culture also had writing.
      I could go on... :)
      Love ya big man!

    •  6 лет назад

      Kid...Most of Africa hadn't invented the wheel before Europeans came. Gunpowder didn't make the difference, the new world was taken by steel not by fire. The Spaniards relied on their armor and sword over their guns
      If you consider being literal Millenia behind the rest of the world, rampant slavery, rape and tribal raids "okay" you're being delusional
      West Africa was doing "okay", the Horn was doing "okay" and the North...TBH the north of Africa isn't considered Africa claiming the Egyptians were "kangz" even the people living in the Horn of Africa don't consider themselves African
      Tell me with a straight face that Africa was better off without colonization, tell me right now that most of Africa would give up all the benefits it brought, the infrastructure, the technology, medicine...
      Yeah i thought so, there is no racial superiority (else the east asians would have us all fucked along with the jews) but think for a moment
      Even "MUH OPRESSION" isn't an argument, why is it only Africa that ended up in such shit? Enough with the excuses already, the problem is perpetual victimhood and a refusal to improve. Indonesia is better off, China, Japan, Russia, India, large parts of South America
      Why the fuck is it only Africa? It's kind of strange much like African migrants into the US doing better then American blacks...But they claim it's racism, no. The Problem is self-perpetuated victimhood refusing to take blame or responsibility and shoving it off to others

  • @noahshaulis8167
    @noahshaulis8167 6 лет назад +6

    I think that the African continent is the MOST racially divided place in the world.

    • @hopebuhali3887
      @hopebuhali3887 3 года назад +1

      Maybe should also look at who set the tone for Africa to be that way.

  • @gardenthingz1495
    @gardenthingz1495 4 года назад +5

    A better zimbabwe will never return unless the whites return... sad.. but very true

    • @gardenthingz1495
      @gardenthingz1495 4 года назад

      @It's just me nope.. unfortunately Zimbabweans is proof of their own failure...

    • @admirekashiri9879
      @admirekashiri9879 3 года назад +2

      It's got nothing to do with white people it's the politics and sanctions that are the issue.

    • @reggiehamphill3392
      @reggiehamphill3392 3 месяца назад

      That's not true at all

  • @zimbabweantrillionnaire9256
    @zimbabweantrillionnaire9256 3 года назад +16

    Ah yes now Mugabe’s very own SS commander is In charge I bet everything will go well

  • @HollowCats
    @HollowCats 5 лет назад +4

    What’s the name of the terrorist attack that was committed against the headquarters of Mugabe’s party, and what anti-Mugabe white militias did South Africa support in Zimbabwe? I can’t find any information on this.

  • @Uuxaul
    @Uuxaul 3 года назад +7

    Man this was definitely a fair and balanced review of history. Glossed over some pretty important stuff, like the ZANU and ZAPU terror attacks, where they'd kill and force people to eat their own family members.

  • @Pfsif
    @Pfsif 5 лет назад +30

    When virtue signaling goes wrong.

  • @conormccann2850
    @conormccann2850 5 лет назад +7

    I like this video, but I would have been cool if you started with Mapungubwe or Great Zimbabwe. It's really cool how a lot of your videos branch ancient and medieval history to the modern history of nation-states, but I think that aspect of this region's history is particularly interesting. Any chance you will talk about Mapungubwe/Great Zimbabwe/Monomutapa in a later video?

  • @skatedd2451
    @skatedd2451 2 года назад +2

    Conquer and divide such an easy pill to swallow.. but blinded.by.the addiction.. to ensure no Unity

  • @n.y.a.bthepoet401
    @n.y.a.bthepoet401 5 лет назад +6

    you kinda ignored Zimbabwe's ancient African history

    • @Nat-gh2tt
      @Nat-gh2tt 5 лет назад +9

      Exactly. Caucasians seem to think African history only starts when the whites got to Africa.

    • @n.y.a.bthepoet401
      @n.y.a.bthepoet401 5 лет назад +1

      Barbados Joe if you don't want that and learn more about our ancestors check out home team history and from nothing. they explore African history and talk about ethnic groups around Africa

    • @Nat-gh2tt
      @Nat-gh2tt 5 лет назад +4

      @@n.y.a.bthepoet401 Yes I follow From Nothing, he's great.

    • @n.y.a.bthepoet401
      @n.y.a.bthepoet401 5 лет назад +1

      Barbados Joe do you follow home team history? personally, home team uploads more and give better content than from nothing but it's your opinion all in all both are great

    • @pelinalwhitestrake9612
      @pelinalwhitestrake9612 4 дня назад

      It literally says history of Zimbabwe from Rhodesia to the coup, it’s not supposed to cover ancient history

  • @cameltoe8055
    @cameltoe8055 7 лет назад +8

    A video of yours about Liberia will get a lot of likes I know it's not in the news but what happened there was another thing

    • @EpimetheusHistory
      @EpimetheusHistory  7 лет назад +2

      That would be interesting...it funny right now I just finished having dinner, and I was asked nothing is really happening in Liberia for a while now...and I was like...Uhhh I dunno, Charles Taylor was a few years back....that was about 2 hours ago.
      I definitely write that on my list ( of things to research and read about), they definitely have a unique way their nation was formed.

    • @yarpen26
      @yarpen26 7 лет назад

      Along the likes of Haiti and Ethiopia, Liberia is a definite proof that blaming the white man for blacks' ineptitude in running their own countries has nothing to do with reality, since each and every one of these nations has been under black rule for 170 (Liberia), 200 (Haiti) and 2,000 (Ethiopia) years by now. And yet each and every one of them is an utter shithole, no better and actually even _worse_ than those which emerged from under colonial administration relatively recently. Compare Liberia to Ghana, Haiti to Jamaica and Ethiopia to Nigeria to get the full picture.
      In Liberia, the freed blacks just established themselves an intra-black apartheid, one that was a hundred times worse than anything in South Africa or Zimbabwe since the native blacks were given absolutely _no_ option to improve their living and educational standards-and not just because their American-born overlords usually had little education themselves but mostly because they had that unfounded sense of ethnic superiority over them and actually even modeled their houses on the American South and held scam elections every once and again. But that was it: the economic development was nonexistent aside from diamond extraction, with all the profits landing in the pockets of the selected few. The natives lived like animals, as they always had. There was essentially no literature to speak of until around the latter half of the twentieth century-it's telling that virtually any article on the history of Liberia, after briefly outlining the general social hierarchy, will make a straight jump from independence to Charles Taylor: that's because even the purported Liberian "elites" hardly ever bothered putting down whatever happened around them, if they were even able to. They made almost no drawings of their own houses and churches, let alone photographs. In other words, hardly more civilized than those they called savages.
      Needless to say, throughout the 19th and 20th century they invited hundreds of foreign mining companies which were basically given a free hand exploiting the locals. For all intents and purposes, it was a colony-but a colony made so by its very willing own government.

    • @drag0n_rage682
      @drag0n_rage682 6 лет назад +2

      Ethiopia would have been doing fine if it wasn't for them foolishly deposing the emperor in favour of socialism, Hallie Selassie was a great man but they just viewed him as a western capitalist puppet

    • @tmajec
      @tmajec 4 года назад

      @JustAGuy That's what casual racists do..they either have no idea about anything or look to internalise what appeals to their bigotry.

  • @decus9544
    @decus9544 5 лет назад +6

    The Rhodesian government and people had extensive opportunity, over the course of three decades, to implement a peaceful transition to universal civil rights and enfranchisement... instead they chose civil war and the imprisonment and attempted assassination of their successor. Much as I see the angry comments of spiteful Rhodesians in the comments below, it appears to me that they actively went out of their way to bring their fate upon themselves...?

    • @JamesSmith-ny2gb
      @JamesSmith-ny2gb 3 года назад

      Lol most aren’t even Rhodesians, just a bunch of racist yanks and Europeans

  • @alexn.2901
    @alexn.2901 7 лет назад +66

    wtf? The story of Zimbabwe begins with the Great Zimbabwe

    • @yarpen26
      @yarpen26 7 лет назад +16

      What was so great about it? Aside from that stone ruins they make into some sort of African equivalent of Ancient Rome?

    • @alexn.2901
      @alexn.2901 7 лет назад +2

      ruclips.net/video/quzjmZ-7s6w/видео.html

    • @CoramDeogenua
      @CoramDeogenua 7 лет назад +11

      They are super proud of the fact that they made a trade root for cattle. Its their shining achievement hahahahahah

    • @hiddenhist
      @hiddenhist 6 лет назад +38

      No, its not Africa's equivalent to Ancient Rome, but its a massive city built out of an estimated million or more stones, which contains domes, and lots of intricate passageways, all done without mortar, which is an impressive feat for a people who, as far as we know, didn't do much writing.
      To me, its most likely "great" because its the largest city of its kind [in other words, its the biggest out of two hundred other cities like that] in the region.

    • @slimpickens9135
      @slimpickens9135 6 лет назад +4

      jesse p stay ignorant my friends!!

  • @homeredacted2433
    @homeredacted2433 3 года назад +8

    rhodesians never die

  • @handywijaya3689
    @handywijaya3689 5 лет назад +1

    Debate all you want,but the whites really are the only race that could save and brings Africa into a prosperous path.Rhodesia,SA,and Egypt,they are all have their glorious days during their country's occupation by the Whites.Without the whites,their country is fell into a deep shit.Like what happened today in Zimbabwe and South Africa.The problem isn't how the colonial power left Africa without bringing it's majority race with higher education and make them smart,the problem is in the people.Just look at Liberia,so many smart and educated Blacks from America but sadly all of them are killed or left the country back to the US

  • @down7747
    @down7747 2 года назад +5

    As an Zimbabwean I feel proud of how it exist and that it's going so well and just like robert Mugabe said "Zimbabwe will never be a colony again 🇿🇼"

  • @lucasdillingham4206
    @lucasdillingham4206 3 года назад +8

    Yes the man that tire necklaced people was took more inspiration from ghandi than Marx

  • @karfomachet7265
    @karfomachet7265 5 лет назад +3

    28-7- 2019 News - children have to do homework by candel light as theres no power . - It was southern Rhodesia 1902 - 1965 - Rhodesia - 1965 - 1978 - Zimbabwe Rhodesia - 1978 - 1980 Zimbabwe -1980 ---- .

  • @JonBownePolitix
    @JonBownePolitix 7 лет назад +4

    Thanks! I was hoping you'd have something up on this today. So much going on, I would have forgiven you... lol!

    • @EpimetheusHistory
      @EpimetheusHistory  7 лет назад

      I know, I was just talking with my Dad about how long ago the Texas Churchshooting and Vegas seem when it has only been a little over a week and six weeks ago that those happened....Feels much longer with how busy things have been. Almost feels like something big and unexpected is happening every other day or so...

  • @honestlychiremba6580
    @honestlychiremba6580 5 лет назад +6

    Destroyed the economy of Zimbabwe through his policies and incapacition

  • @Ljjdjdjdjdjdj838
    @Ljjdjdjdjdjdj838 7 лет назад +2

    Rhodesia was experiencing steady growth until independence...

  • @aaronpaterson1615
    @aaronpaterson1615 6 лет назад +4

    LOL my former doctor was Miss Mugebe (spelt) differently but also from Zimbabwe.

  • @chaganlalmeghwal2590
    @chaganlalmeghwal2590 Месяц назад

    Explore the rich history of Zimbabwe, home to the ancient city of Great Zimbabwe, a remarkable stone structure built between the 11th and 15th centuries. This history documentary delves into the legacy of this once-thriving empire and its impact on Southern African history.

  • @zimbabweking
    @zimbabweking 7 лет назад +10

    You skipped the gukhurahundi.

  • @Axelacewing2
    @Axelacewing2 2 года назад +3

    Ya missed like 70% of the important stuff chief. This sounds more like a persuasive Essay that omitted facts not supporting it's rhetoric than a history lesson. If you're too scared to tell real history for the fear someone might flag your channel, you only doom all of us to repeat that same history. TBH if you still do history stuff, you should remake this and include it all. That isn't choosing a side either, it's just facts. Genocide, the terror attacks of the bush war, the real history of the people you included here, etc. None of that racist or wrong to include either, as though people in history can be racist, History itself cannot, as it is simply the retelling of lessons and facts from bygone years.
    TLDR; Make real history videos, not partial ones, and please don't let the BS of the modern day change history to something it never was. If you do, you doom us all to relive the horrors of the journey here, all while meeting and attempting to overcome new ones at the same time.

  • @samuelmann3660
    @samuelmann3660 7 лет назад +4

    DIALOGUE
    Edward: Such a lovely chap that CJ Rhodes. Best thing since sliced bread. He really cared so deeply for the indigenous people of Southern Africa. So much so they named their country after him. James: No mate he actually empowered himself and thoroughly lined the pockets of the British Empire. Plundering land along with all its natural resources, including manpower. But hey, he gave those idle Africans jobs and built a robust economy right? Edward: Wait hold on, so you saying he was a tyrant? James: Yup, pretty much mate. Edward: 😱 James: 🙄

  • @АлексейТеращенко
    @АлексейТеращенко 3 года назад +9

    Zimbabwe is doing much better now. Rhodesia had all that nasty stuff like electricity, structure, healthcare, and low infant mortality rates.

  • @ľőŵďǒpė86
    @ľőŵďǒpė86 6 лет назад +6

    Oh, Mugabe accepted and included his opposing political parties??? No... no, he didn’t.
    You need to do your research before EVER making a video about Rhodesia, again.

    • @Lamenters1stCompanyCpt
      @Lamenters1stCompanyCpt 5 лет назад +1

      The poster clearly never did research past a quick Wikipedia check, or he would have heard of the Guhkurahundi

    • @tmajec
      @tmajec 4 года назад

      ​@@Lamenters1stCompanyCpt I've seen this Guhkuranhundi several times on this board. Are you sympathetic to the Ndebele victims are are you just using this to be conveniently spiteful?

  • @AlcatrazPhonix_
    @AlcatrazPhonix_ 3 года назад +1

    Zimbabwe has 3000 year history but according to certain people any history pre-Slavery or colonialism is not relevant as certain people where not privy to it. The history of Botswana extends for at least 5000 years but only 2000 years can be accounted for and South Africa has between 5000 to 3000 year history... No one has asked US what is our history, THEY assume we had none prior to slavery. The gall and nerve of the master race is unfortunate when it comes to history that doesn't spread the narrative and rhetoric of white supremacy... However as a student of history I can appreciate 1 irrefutable truth. HISTORY IS WRITTEN BY THE VICTORS

    • @Uuxaul
      @Uuxaul 2 года назад

      Also writing it down kinda helps.

  • @noahsopinion5093
    @noahsopinion5093 5 лет назад +12

    You ignore that giving back the land was part of an agreement with the British for them to be part of the goverment. Only when they refused to fulfill their part of the agreement Mugabe took back the land by force.

    • @miraim-b5572
      @miraim-b5572 5 лет назад

      Exactly, I do not know what "history" they are following

    • @MrRAYGUN5555
      @MrRAYGUN5555 5 лет назад +3

      Noah's Opinion so because of the British that gives him the right to commit genocide toward whites and then turn his country from a thriving economy to a 3rd world slum? Okay lol.

    • @jmenonejake9374
      @jmenonejake9374 5 лет назад +3

      that's a blatant lie. There wasn't an agreement that another race must surrender it's property due to it's skincolor. Even the idea is stupid.

  • @NuclearPhysix
    @NuclearPhysix 4 года назад +9

    People criticizing Mugabe here should watch the BBC documentary "Portrait of a terrorist". The documentary, created way before the "International Community" considered Mugabe an enemy, so it is quite unbiased.

  • @eddiekruggerr4972
    @eddiekruggerr4972 7 лет назад +6

    Zimbabweans have the right to run themselves. Let muslims rule America, England and the rest of Europe and if you want your logic to be consistent. No hypocrites.

    • @DirtyEdon
      @DirtyEdon 6 лет назад +4

      @@yungquagton prosperous for YOU! If Muslim ruled it will be prosperous for them based on their value on what they consider prosperous.

  • @Enzwurm
    @Enzwurm 4 года назад +3

    HI Epimetheus. Thanks for this detailed summary of Zimbabwes history. Although i think i think i have a pretty decent understanding of the english language, which is not my native, i find it a bit complicated to follow your explanations. Unfortunately i think the subtitles are not completely correct. Maybe you could check them for any mistakes.
    Thank you very much

  • @NuclearPhysix
    @NuclearPhysix 4 года назад +12

    I am Zimbabwean. It's amazing that someone thinks the history of Zimbabwe started with British occupation in 1890. Seriously?

    • @NuclearPhysix
      @NuclearPhysix 4 года назад

      @Del Is No. Never.

    • @NuclearPhysix
      @NuclearPhysix 4 года назад +1

      I am lost. Zimbabwe was built by Arabs? Do you mean Zimbabwe ruins? or Zimbabwe as a people?

    • @eachmanforhimself3338
      @eachmanforhimself3338 4 года назад

      @wisdom of God Islam was established in 7th century there are ruins in Zimbabwe that date back to 2nd century give me a explanation.

    • @admirekashiri9879
      @admirekashiri9879 3 года назад +4

      @@eachmanforhimself3338 🤣 they had nothing to with Arabs or Islam get real fool.

    • @eachmanforhimself3338
      @eachmanforhimself3338 3 года назад

      @@admirekashiri9879 Wait where did I say that they where Arab or Islam in my comment please repeat my statement.

  • @Tubiduubi
    @Tubiduubi 4 месяца назад

    Dear, was very interesting. Please, add more grafics hard to stay with you.

  • @mlgsty8880
    @mlgsty8880 6 лет назад +3

    To all of you blacks dont think that all whites were invaders and shit, Im white (even tho I hate saying this because I rather would say that Im Finnish) but our lands were under foreign rule for almost thousand years and only last 100 years we have been independent.
    Colonialism wasnt good but its a thing of past and we cant do anything to that now so stop obsessing over past.
    I dont hate Swedish for using my people mostly as meat shield against Russians in countless wars, or I dont hate Russians for trying to "Russificate" us (even tho I hold little grudge for their invasions after independence) but they are thing of past and nothing that modern people there can do. It happened deal with it and instead of looking something else to blame you should try to fix the current situation even if you cant fix it but at least try to.

  • @lichiboy7695
    @lichiboy7695 5 лет назад +7

    Waaaaiiit hold on. Does Mugabe have light eyes wtf lol. Just realised it 5:00

    • @BasitKhanSafi
      @BasitKhanSafi 5 лет назад

      Ahaha

    • @tmajec
      @tmajec 4 года назад

      The spirit of his ancestors were in him ;)

  • @thefishoftruth235
    @thefishoftruth235 5 лет назад +23

    You kinda brushed over all the segregation under white rule

    • @thefishoftruth235
      @thefishoftruth235 5 лет назад +13

      @nunya inct thats racist

    • @thefishoftruth235
      @thefishoftruth235 5 лет назад +13

      @nunya inct bruh 1) i dont live in america so why would the democrats control my schooling 2) you literally said black ppl have a lower iq how is that not fucking racist idiot.

    • @thevorpalsword
      @thevorpalsword 5 лет назад

      @@thefishoftruth235 lol is the US the only country with Democrats?

    • @thefishoftruth235
      @thefishoftruth235 5 лет назад +7

      @@thevorpalsword that i know of ye

    • @ravindrak9774
      @ravindrak9774 5 лет назад +4

      Bling Boy yes moron Democrat is a party

  • @djjoshuahall
    @djjoshuahall 4 года назад +2

    pick the speed, you sound so much batter at 1.25 speed

  • @MonteKutin
    @MonteKutin 7 лет назад +6

    Mugabe would have been a legend 🤦🏾‍♂️

    • @tmajec
      @tmajec 4 года назад

      Mugabe is a legendary, that's why bigots hate him.. Oh, by the way, WInston Churchill is a legend in UK

  • @SuitandTieDipandChewGuy
    @SuitandTieDipandChewGuy 2 года назад

    LOL, seemed to drop the ball with this one. God's knows what sources you were using.

  • @madoxxxx06
    @madoxxxx06 6 лет назад +4

    Not one mention of how black Zimbabweans were stripped of their land, and confined to a reservation(similar to what happened to Native Americans) which of course caused mass starvation and death. Why is it OK for white people to violently steal land? If white Zimbabweans had one ounce of regret about the way the land they possessed had been acquired, they would have voluntarily given some back or even apologized. They didnt, the rest is history. Zimbabwe may have gone through an economic meltdown, but it won't last forever, i applaud Zimbabweans for getting back what was stolen from them!

  • @francinildadearaujopereira4854
    @francinildadearaujopereira4854 6 лет назад +1

    Blacks and whites must have the same rights

  • @thugnificent_69
    @thugnificent_69 7 лет назад +12

    Bring back Ian!!!

  • @notmaireelneim
    @notmaireelneim 7 лет назад +1

    I hope all this political upheaval does not interrupt Zimbabwe's preparation for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. I think they really have a shot at making the playoffs this time.

    • @CommanderFox2020
      @CommanderFox2020 2 года назад

      we beat da canadians in some of their fav sport we beat da canadians

  • @thankyoumrsg6590
    @thankyoumrsg6590 4 года назад +1

    Please talk about the brutality and the hanging that happened to subdue the chiefs in Zimbabwe

  • @meesteab
    @meesteab 5 лет назад +3

    What a time it was.

  • @abirrifaoui6670
    @abirrifaoui6670 7 лет назад +2

    Thank you so much! Very informative.

  • @zhcultivator
    @zhcultivator 2 года назад +3

    Wow, Mugabe messed up Zimbabwe smh

  • @thembanitheone
    @thembanitheone 7 лет назад +3

    Great video! :)

  • @cerromeceo
    @cerromeceo 5 лет назад +6

    RIP Mugabe. Love him or hate him. He got the land back. We black people globally should of been breaking bread with Zimbabwe

    • @personaldove
      @personaldove 5 лет назад +5

      No bread left in Zimbabwe to break.
      They're all starving and dying off.
      Well deserved.

    • @cerromeceo
      @cerromeceo 5 лет назад +1

      @@personaldove You're not black so your comment is not relevant. Bye 👋

    • @Lamenters1stCompanyCpt
      @Lamenters1stCompanyCpt 5 лет назад +3

      Cerrome CEO that is very racist. You are no better than those responsible for apartheid if you discount someone’s entire being based off skin color

    • @bajankurt
      @bajankurt 5 лет назад

      Cerrome CEO 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾exactly. We never support each other against White Minority Supremacy. We should’ve learned from Haitian Independence back in the mid 1800’s. What goes around will eventually come around✊🏾

    • @MMAVoodoo
      @MMAVoodoo 8 месяцев назад

      Now you have land and no bread.

  • @Christopher-gp9iv
    @Christopher-gp9iv Год назад +1

    the sheer amount of crybaby rhodesia apologia in this comment section is giving me life, please, cry more, it only feeds me

  • @fr0stbtt3n56
    @fr0stbtt3n56 5 лет назад +3

    Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 started from the kingdom of great Zimbabwe 🇿🇼!

  • @jlstout7807
    @jlstout7807 6 лет назад +2

    Any books that anyone would recommend on Zimbabwe and/or South African history?

    • @glendodds4926
      @glendodds4926 6 лет назад +2

      You might enjoy reading a history of Rhodesia entitled 'To The Banks of the Zambezi.' It was published in 1965 and was written by T.V. Bulpin, an excellent South African writer. Another admirable book is Oliver Ransford's 'The Rulers of Rhodesia from Earliest Times to the Referendum', which was published in 1968. Ransford used to present history programmes on Rhodesian television.

    • @wmpriest123
      @wmpriest123 3 года назад

      you mean factual history books not written by communists or leftists who purely use fiction+propaganda and portray Zimbabwe as some utopia?
      The list will be very short if not banned all together. Good luck

  • @RUdigitized
    @RUdigitized 4 года назад +4

    American soldier: powerful
    Gurilla soldier: fast
    Rhodesian soldier: fabulous

  • @connormurphy683
    @connormurphy683 6 лет назад +5

    Please do more histories of African countries. I'd like to see Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt and West Africa in general.

  • @billybabu
    @billybabu 6 лет назад +2

    Thank you for sharing this information.
    Blessings from Wolverhampton England to you all.

  • @iansmith4446
    @iansmith4446 7 лет назад +137

    aka great until black majority rule

    • @peter-jantentijeookwelgeno7042
      @peter-jantentijeookwelgeno7042 7 лет назад +7

      yeah and economic growth, what in the end is better than having no growth and still having the same problems

    • @hahano8440
      @hahano8440 6 лет назад +1

      ewwwwwww no

    • @hiddenhist
      @hiddenhist 6 лет назад +12

      Of course this is what a person like you takes away from a video like this.
      Zimbabwe was doing fine before it was run over by foreigners, while under black majority rule... so obviously, thats not the problem.

    • @bigsouth010
      @bigsouth010 6 лет назад +5

      Yea great till white people came alone. Them countries wad doing just fine before colonization

    • @megaskyoo
      @megaskyoo 6 лет назад +6

      mark brooks lol sorry but in zimbabwe there was nothing , not even a population just some nomads . Zimbabwe people are from all over africa who came to work there .

  • @winddmmy
    @winddmmy 3 года назад +2

    rhodesia the bread basket of africa became zimbabwe basket case there would not have been usa for africa if this did not happen because the would have still been food coming from rhodesia .

  • @andrewiller6177
    @andrewiller6177 7 лет назад +3

    Classical move faking a coup to get rid of your wife.

  • @EllitaNyamusenga
    @EllitaNyamusenga 8 месяцев назад

    One God God Mwari Baba Tenzi Musiki does have nothing to do with anyone who lives on debts...Mugabe went to University and never paid any cent or penny back,as grants or Loans,even owing any penny or cent from anyone, should be paid back,plus it is a transgression or sin to borrow anything from anyone... ANYTHING... never ask anyone for favours...wait to be offered.
    The poverty of people of Zimbabwe (black and white people... residents are the Government's responsibility.
    It's answerable to Mugabe(and his family),Mnangagwa and all ministers or followers... Parliament 's responsibilities to get that country fixed by them...... OTHERWISE,LET THEM ALL STEP DOWN WITHOUT WAR,and do not pay them any penny.
    Let's live the same as us/ordinary people.
    They have to learn too form reality.